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MONDAY, AUGUST 10 2020
Likely, you know or have heard the story of the prodigal son that Jesus told. Read the son’s experience with his father:
I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’“So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’ “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast, for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began. (Luke 15:18-24 NLT)
Jesus told this parable for us to get a visual picture of the depth and devotion of God’s love, to visualize the level of grace and mercy available to us. No matter what we have done in the past, our decision today to come to Him can end in a restored and redeemed future. Is there something that you are carrying in your life that you feel ashamed of right now? Can you give that to your Father now?
The most powerful scene in this story is that the father was watching the road for his child to come home. His heart was fixed on seeking his child.
Read once again: And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. … his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast, for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began. (Luke 15:20, 22-24 NLT)
Always remember, God is watching, not to judge, but to love. He has a robe of righteousness, a ring of redemption, and a home to provide for and protect you.
But here’s an important question: Have you, will you, receive His love, His gifts? And then the next step: Will you celebrate with Him the life He has provided to you? Death brought to life. The lost found. The party begins.
Let’s thank Him together: “Father, thank You for meeting me on my road, for loving me, giving me Your gifts and Your life, and a home forever. As above, so below. Amen”
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Likely, you know or have heard the story of the prodigal son that Jesus told. Read the son’s experience with his father:
I will go home to my father and say, “Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.”’“So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son.’ “But his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast, for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began. (Luke 15:18-24 NLT)
Jesus told this parable for us to get a visual picture of the depth and devotion of God’s love, to visualize the level of grace and mercy available to us. No matter what we have done in the past, our decision today to come to Him can end in a restored and redeemed future. Is there something that you are carrying in your life that you feel ashamed of right now? Can you give that to your Father now?
The most powerful scene in this story is that the father was watching the road for his child to come home. His heart was fixed on seeking his child.
Read once again: And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. … his father said to the servants, ‘Quick! Bring the finest robe in the house and put it on him. Get a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet. And kill the calf we have been fattening. We must celebrate with a feast, for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began. (Luke 15:20, 22-24 NLT)
Always remember, God is watching, not to judge, but to love. He has a robe of righteousness, a ring of redemption, and a home to provide for and protect you.
But here’s an important question: Have you, will you, receive His love, His gifts? And then the next step: Will you celebrate with Him the life He has provided to you? Death brought to life. The lost found. The party begins.
Let’s thank Him together: “Father, thank You for meeting me on my road, for loving me, giving me Your gifts and Your life, and a home forever. As above, so below. Amen”